Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-02-05

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| dwell. Thy PEOPLE shall be my people, thy
| tod nv God.n Open YOUR doors, o, church oil
! God and let them come in as doves to then
! windows"
Christ Is the only shelter Of the soul 10
trouble. What can you do without Him when
sorrow comes! Perhaps at first you take
yalerian TO quiet your nerves, or alcohol 10 re-
we your spirits; but have you found any.
thing in the medicines or physical stiInulants
sufficient! Perhaps in the excitement of the
money market, or in the merry making OF the
cub YOU have sought relief. This world has
no ba,sam for a wounded soul, no shelter foI
a bruised spirit. The dove in the time of the
drIuge few north and it was all water in
which were tossed the carcasses OF the dead
world, and the first solid thing the doves
feet touched was the window Of the ark. SC
.he soul in trouble goes out in one direction
and finds nothing substantial to rest upon,
and in another direction, and every whittier,
but there is no rest for the dove save the ark.
substantial comfort will not grow
In Natures barren soil:
Al We can boast III Christ We know.
Is vanity and toll;
But where the Lord has planted grace,
And made His glorics known,
There fruits Of heavenly joys are found;
You lost parent; some one said 1t was il
the regular course of nature that your father
should expire. Did that comfort Won. You
lost child; some body said that il that child
had lived it would have turned out badly. Did
that comfort youl You lost your property;
they told you that riches were very uncertain.
You knew that before. You were sick: they
explained to YOU that the difficulty was in the
sccretions or in the sciatic nerve. Did that
soOthe YOU! O the despcable quackery OF
earthly comfort! But when Christ comes &c
the soul and says: II took your estate be-
cause | wanted 10 give you more valuable
treasures Il made you sick in body that your soul
might be brought up To eternal health; l took
your loved ones because / have a better and
brighter place for them in my own presence"
then the wound heals. then the tears dry of
the face, then God has become the everlasting
portion of the soul. Oh, the air is full of
black wings and ravens beaks. They join
their wings of darkness until they shut out
the light of the sun. They have fattened on
the carcasses OF men. Their clangOr is horri-
BILE TO the ear. Trouble and disease and death
coming down on the wind. No wonder these
souls have come for shelter las doves to their
windows" What does the pigeon in the coop
care for the hawk in the skye
Safe in Christ, safe forever. The mountains
may depart, and the hills be removed, but thy
loving kindness shall never fail.
Again: These souls, like doves, fly home.
Most Of the winged denizens have no home;
now they are at the north and now at the
south, as the climate indicates, This year
nest In one tree, next year a nest in another
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bouse, or Tue nres may ouLh IL uo"n, OF tne
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putting OUT on trackiess MOOT; or Wan9er-
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no, IL Is coming 70 tne "srihest anu pest Vi
homes, as doves 10 tue WINDOWS.
Who are these who come to US to-dayf
Many are young Until Robert Raikes came,
there was no organized efforts for saving the
young. We spend all our strength trying
To bend old trees, when little pressue would
have been sufficient for the saplng. We let
men go down TO the very bottom of sin before
we try to lift them up. IL is @ great deal
easier 10 keep train on the track than to get
IL on when 1t is off. The experienced rensman
checks the fiery stecd at the first Jump, for
W hen he gets full swing, the swift hoofs